in combination(of a person or garment) having shoulders of a specified kind.
you're extremely narrow-shouldered
for a slim look, try skinny-shouldered jackets
Example sentencesExamples
I looked up at the fountain with its carving of heavy-shouldered wind gods straining to propel ships and bearded sea gods looking to spear them.
At the primary school I taught colours and body parts by getting the kids to draw three red-headed and two green-shouldered monsters.
He was thick-shouldered, square-headed, and handsome like a movie star.
They hold to vigilance, rather than promoting slopey-shouldered sleepiness.
Big-bellied and slope-shouldered, he is suspended delicately in mid-air, his hands clasped patiently behind his back, his twin shadowing him close behind.
Although he no longer played football, he was still muscular and wide-shouldered.
A bare-shouldered woman lolls insouciantly on the cover of the magazine.
It is a pragmatic, strong-shouldered individual who excels in the art of compromise and is resourceful and dedicated to the pursuit of resources.
A lone black-shouldered kite watches from a telephone wire.
There are long shots of a round-shouldered, perpetually scowling artist trudging along a street.
Definition of shouldered in US English:
shouldered
adjectiveˈʃoʊldərdˈSHōldərd
in combination(of a person or garment) having shoulders of a specified kind.
you're extremely narrow-shouldered
for a slim look, try skinny-shouldered jackets
Example sentencesExamples
A bare-shouldered woman lolls insouciantly on the cover of the magazine.
At the primary school I taught colours and body parts by getting the kids to draw three red-headed and two green-shouldered monsters.
There are long shots of a round-shouldered, perpetually scowling artist trudging along a street.
They hold to vigilance, rather than promoting slopey-shouldered sleepiness.
I looked up at the fountain with its carving of heavy-shouldered wind gods straining to propel ships and bearded sea gods looking to spear them.
Although he no longer played football, he was still muscular and wide-shouldered.
It is a pragmatic, strong-shouldered individual who excels in the art of compromise and is resourceful and dedicated to the pursuit of resources.
He was thick-shouldered, square-headed, and handsome like a movie star.
Big-bellied and slope-shouldered, he is suspended delicately in mid-air, his hands clasped patiently behind his back, his twin shadowing him close behind.
A lone black-shouldered kite watches from a telephone wire.